Friday 19 August 2011

Artillery Girls

These lovely young ladies are from Eureka. Again I picked them up a few years ago when in Melbourne. I have used them in one A.W.I. game but most of the time they are in a box with the rest of my guys. I think they are made for 7.Y.W. Something a bit different for a change.







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14 comments:

  1. The Angry Lurker19 August 2011 at 21:40

    They look great, did this practice actually occur?

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  2. abdul66620 August 2011 at 00:24

    18th C. (and Napoleonic?) artillery crew in action generally dropped the coat of heavy wool. The job was quite intense, specially for those having to manhandle the gun back into position after each shot.
    In hot weather, infantry often did the same.

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  3. Stacky20 August 2011 at 00:40

    Brilliant vignette, Rodger. Pleased you took up my suggestion to give these young lasses an airing. I assume they have removed their trousers in preparation for being overrun and then ravished by the enemy....which was obviously the fun part for the victors.

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  4. Paul´s Bods20 August 2011 at 02:12

    Something you don´t see often..and IMHO not often enough. Good work!!
    Cheers
    paul

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  5. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)20 August 2011 at 03:13

    That's different and very well done!

    Christopher

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  6. DeanM20 August 2011 at 03:25

    They are nice - they look really well-sculpted. They faces look very realistically female. Didn't know Eureka made these, now I'm thinking they'd look cool in a Sharp Practice game too. Best, Dean

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  7. Anonymous20 August 2011 at 03:28

    Good to see the ladies getting in on the action Rodger.

    Although there must have been some bitching in the ranks, what with them all wearing the same uniform?

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  8. abdul66620 August 2011 at 05:11

    This innovative Eureka range -a spin-off of their cute 'Pirate Ladies'- is unfortunately on 'stand by' for at least 4 years.
    Too bad, all the more as it tried to introduce navel wargaming, so popular among Fantasy players, to the more conservative, yet often imagi-native, 18th C. aficionados.

    Hard-boiled 'historical anoraks' would complain that, by the SYW, military waistcoat were still sleeved :)

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  9. peter20 August 2011 at 07:48

    Figures like this I like a lot. Unusual and very original. Great painted Rodger.

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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  10. Ben Gilmour20 August 2011 at 21:43

    Misogynists look out!

    Lovely work, Rodger.

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  11. Rodger20 August 2011 at 21:56

    Thanks guys. Hoped you gentlemen would enjoy this.

    abdul666... Thanks for the info.

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  12. Scott B. Lesch22 August 2011 at 01:25

    I love these kind of history/fantasy figures. Might be loosely inspired by Molly Pitcher in the AWI or Agostina at Saragossa in Spain. Reminds me of Hinterland's female Hussars. I'd like to see American Civil War-ish female artillery.

    Thanks for the photos.

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  13. Hobbyworker22 August 2011 at 17:39

    Love the miniatures :) keep it up..

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  14. Schrumpfkopf26 August 2011 at 04:50

    Excellent set of figurines, great painting, 5 babes playing with a hell of a big gun.

    Great stuff I'd say.

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